cosmopolite

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The cosmopolite respects and appreciates difference, while acknowledging that “no local loyalty can ever justify forgetting that each human being has responsibilities to every other.”

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2018

In an era when university art departments, like museums, tended to be divided into fiefs, each controlled by a specialist, Mr. Rosand, a genuine cosmopolite, walked a broad terrain.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2014

He can play by turns the extravagant cosmopolite who rides horses with President Reagan, and the devout Muslim who is officially known as Commander of the Faithful.

From Time Magazine Archive

A curious cosmopolite could learn a lot from last week's ninth Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.

From Time Magazine Archive

He must be the most cosmopolite king that ever reigned.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker